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INTRODUCTION. 



A royal charter for an institution of learning to be called Queen's 
Colleofe was granted through William Franklin Esq., Governor of 
the Province of New Jersey, November 10th, 1766. The petition- 
ers for it were ministers and members of the Eeformed Dutch 
Church, who desired an institution in which young men might be 
prepared for the ministry, so that their congregations might be 
supphed with well-educated pastors. These congregations were 
very numerous in the Provinces of New York and New Jersey, and 
had been from the first, dependent on the Classis of Amsterdam 
for a supply of ministers. Young men in this countrs^ who desired 
the ministry usually went to Holland to obtain an education at 
one of its universities, and ordination could be obtained only from 
©ne of the Classes in that country. The difficulties and delays and 
daugers connected with this state of things caused the question of 
ministerial education in this country to be agitated quite early, and 
which caused the division of the Church into the Coetus and Con- 
ferentie parties. The members of the Coetus party contending for 
the independence of the Church in America, and for the establish- 
ment of a college at the earliest day practicable, were very persist- 
ent in theii' efforts to obtain a charter in the face of sti'ong opposi- 
tion and many difficulties and discouragements. Great was their 
joy when at last their efforts were crowned with success. 

The following Trustees were named in this charter : 

OF THE CITY OF NEW TOEK. 

Simon Johnson, Esq. Theodorus Van Wyck, Esq. 

Phihp Livingston, Esq. i^bram Lott, Esq. 

OF THE PROVINCE OF NEW YOKE. 

Sir William Johnson, Bart. Jacob H. Ten Eyck, Esq 

Robert Livingston, Esq. Col. Abram Herring. 

Col. Johannis Hardenberg. Isaac Vrooman, Esq. 



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Col. Abram Hasbioeck. Bernardus Eycler, Esq. 

Levi Paaliuo-, Esq. Rev. Samuel Verbryck, Tappan. 

Col. James Briiickerhoff. Rev. Eilardus Westerlo, Albany. 

Col. Nicholas Still well. Rev. John Schuneman, Catskill. 

Col. Matthew Hoffman. Rev. M. Goetschius, New Paltz. 

Re^^ Barent Vrooman, Schenectady. 

OF the province of new jersey. 

His Excellency the Governor, ] 

The President of the Council. I ^^.^ *^^ 

The Honorable the Chief Justice. f Ugjj^o- 

The Attorney General. j 

Peter Hassenclever. Rev. John Lyt, Brunswick. 

Hen drick Fisher, Eeq. Rev. David Marinus, Achquegkenonck. 

Philip French. Rev. Martinus Van Harlingen. [tan. 

John Van Metern. Rev. Jacob Rutsen Hardenberg, at Rari- 

Peter Schenck. Rev. William Jackson, Bergen. 

Peter Zabriskie, Esq. Rev. P. Wyberg-, Philadelphia. 

Tuynes Dye, Esq. Rev. Jonathan DuBois, Bucks in Penn- 

Hendrick Kuypers, Esq. sylvania. 

Rev. John H. Goetschius, Hackensack. 

It is not known whether there is a copy of this charter in exist- 
ence, but the New York Mercury of the dates April 2Gth, 27th, 
and May 4th, 1767, contains the call for the first meeting of the 
trustees named in this chartei", to be held at or near the County 
House of New^ Barbadoes or Hackensack Town, in Bergen County, 
on the secon'd Tuesrlay of May next [1767]. This call was dated 
" Bergen County, May 4th, 1767," and was signed " John H. 
Goetschius, V.D.M.""^ Some of the provisions of this charter were 
very soon discovered to be prejudicial to the interests of the col- 
lege, and so before it went into operation, application was made 
for an amended charter, which was granted March 20th, 1770. 
Under this new charter Queen's College did its work until the year 
1825, when the name was changed to Rutgers in honor of Col. 
Henry Rutgers of New York City. 

*This call may be found in the " Centennial of the Theological Seminary," 
page 332. 



CHARTER. 



George the third, b}' the grace of God, of Great Britain, France 
and Ireland,. King, Defender of the Faith, &c. To all to whom 
these presents shall come greeting : 

Whereas our loving subjects being of the Protestant Reformed a college need- 
religion, according to the constitution of the reformed churches inmg ministers 
the United Provinces, and using the discipline of the said churches, tormed Dutcii 
as approved and instituted by the national synod of Dort in the ""^^ ^^' 
years one thousnnd six hundred and eighteen, and one thousand 
six hundred and nineteen, are in this and the neighbouring Prov- 
inces verj' numerous, consisting of many churches and religious 
assemblies, the ministers and elders of which having taken into 
serious consideration the manner in which the said churches might 
be properly supplied with an able, learned and well qualified min- 
istrj^ ; and thinking it necessary, and being very desirous that a 
College might be erected for that purpose within this our Province 
of New-Jersey, in which the learned languages and other branches 
of useful knowledge may be taught, and degrees conferred ; and 
especially that young men of suitable abilities may be instructed 
in divinity, preparing them for the ministry, and supplying the 
necessity of the churches ; for themselves and in behalf of their 
churches, presented a petition to our trusty and well beloved 
William Franklin, Esq., Governour and Commander in Chief, in Petition pres- 
and over our Province of New- Jersey in America setting forth JJ^^^j^g^^^^^ 
that inconveniences are manifold and the expenses heavy, in either 
being supplied with ministers of the gospel from foreign parts, or 
sending j'oung men abroad for education ; that the present and 
increasing necessity for a considerable number to be employed in 
the ministry is great ; that a preservation of a fund for the neces- 
sary uses of instruction very much depends upon a charter ; and 
therefore humbly entreat, that some persons might be incorporated 
in a body pohtick, for the purposes aforesaid : 

LoTC. 



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wiiiincrness to And we being willing to grant the reasonable request and praj-er 

tiou. of the said petitioners, and to promote learning for the benefit of 

the community and advancement of the Protestant religion of all 
denominations ; and more especially to remove as much as possible 
the nec^essitv our said loving subjects have hitherto been under, of 
sending their youth intended for the ministrj^ to a foreign country 
for education, and of being subordinate to a foreign ecclesiastical 
jurisdiction : 

Petition grant- Know ye therefore, that considering the premises, we do of our 
special grace, certain kno^iedge and mere motion, by these pres- 
ents, will, ordain, grant and constitute, that there be a College, 
called Queen's College,"^ erected in our said Province of New-Jer- 
sey, for the education of youth in the learned languages, liberal 
and useful arts and sciences, and especially in divinity preparing 
them for the ministry, and other good offices: And that the Trus- 
tees of the said College and their successors for ever, may and 
shall be one body corporate and politick, in deed, fact and name, 
and shall be called, known and distinguished by the name of the 
corporate Trustees of Queen's College, in Neio-Jersey : And we having f ur- 
titie. ^ijgj, -filled and constituted, and by these presents of our special 

grace, certain knowledge and mere motion, do for us, our heirs 
and successors, will, give, grant, constitute and ordain, that there 
shall be from henceforth for ever, a body politick consisting of the 
Trustees of the said Queen's College, in New Jersey. 

And for the more full and more perfect erection of the said cor- 
poration and body politick consisting of the Trustees of Queen's 
College, in New-Jersey ; We do of our special grace, certain 
knowledge and mere motion, by these presents, for us, our heirs 
and successors, create, ordain, constitute, nominate and appoint, 
the Governour or Commander in chief, the President of the Council, 
our Chief Justice, and our Attorney General of said Colony, for the 

Names of the time being ; Sir William Johnson, Baronet, and Johannes Henri- 
cus Goetschius, Johannes Leydt, David Maurinus, Martinus Van 
Harlingen, Jacob R. Hardenbergh, and William Jackson of our 
said Colony of New-Jersey, Samuel Verbryk, Barent Vrooman, 
Maurice Goetschius, Eilardus Westerlo, John Schuneman, of our 
Province of New-York; and Philip Wyberg, and Jonathan Dubois 

*The name Queen's was eliauged to Rutgers November 80th, 1825. See 
Appendix C, Section 3. 



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of the Province of Pennsylvania ; Hendrick Fisber, Peter Zabriskie, 
Peter Hasenclever, Peter Schenck, Tunis Dey, Philip French, John 
Covenhoven, Henriciis Kuyper, of our Colony of New Jersey, Esqrs., 
and Simon Johnson, Philip Livingston, Johannes Hardenbergh, 
Abraham Hasbrouck, Theodorus Van Wyck, Abraham Lott, Robert 
Livingston, Levi Pauling, John Brinckerhoff, Nicholas Stillwill, 
Martinus Hoffman, Jacob H. Ten Eyck, John Haring, Isaac Vroo- 
man, Barnardus Ryder, of our Province of New-York, Esqrs., 
Trustees of our said Queen's College, in New- Jersey. 

And that the said Trustees do at their first meeting, after the^^!^^^^^o^J| 
receipt of these presents and before they proceed to any business, Trustees. 
take the oaths appointed to be taken by an act passed in the sixth 
year of our reign, entitled, " An Act for altering the oaths of abjur- 
" ation and assurance, and for amending so much of an act of the 
" seventh year of her late majesty Queen Anne, entitled, for the 
*' improvement of the union of the two kingdoms, as after the time 
" therein limited, requires the delivery of certain lists and copies 
" therein mentioned to persons indicted of high treason, or mis- 
" prision of treason : as also that they make and subscribe the 
" declaration mentioned in an act of parliament, made in the 
" twenty -fifth year of the reign of King Charles the second, en- 
" titled," An Act for preventing dangers which may happen from 
Popish recusants, and likewise take an oath for faithfully executing 
the office or trust reposed in them, which said oaths shall be ad- 
ministered to them by any one of our justices of the supreme court, 
or judges of the inferior court of common pleas of this our Colony 
of New-Jersey ; and when, and as often as any new member or 
officer shall be elected or chosen hereafter pursuant to this our 
charter, he or they so elected or chosen shall take and subscribe 
the aforementioned oaths and declarations in the manner above 
directed, before his admission into his trust or office.* 

And we do will and direct, that the first meeting of the said 

*The oaths of abjuration and allegiance set forth in the ' ' Act for the securi- 
ty of the Government of New Jersey," passed September 19th, 1776, were 
substituted for the oaths required by the charter, June 5th, 1781. See Ap- 
pendix A, Section 1. 

For these were substituted the oath to support the Constitution of the 
United States and the oath of allegiance to the State of New Jersey, May 31st, 
1799. See Appendix B, Section 1. 



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First meeting trustees shall be at or near the Court House in New Barbadoes, in 

iiackensack.' the County of Bergen, on the second Tuesday in May next, but aU 

other meetings hereafter to be held, shall be .at such times and 

places in our said Colony, as the majority of the trustees from time 

to time shall tliink proper. And ^ye do Ayill and direct that no 

meeting of the trustees, succeeding the first already fixed, shall be 

Notice to be valid, or legal, for doing anv business whatsoever, unless publick 
given in tlie ' & ' o .. j i 

public papers notice of sucli meeting shall have been given in the Gazette, or 

ot subsequent . . . 

meetings. other publick papers printed in New-Yoik, at least three weeks be- 
fore the day of meeting, signed by the President or person ofiiciating 
as clerk to the trustees, for the time being ; or unless the time and 
place shall be fixed by the majority of the trustees, at their last 
meeting, and notice thereof given as before directed."^ 

Vacancies to And we further will and grant that the said trustees, or any 

be filled by the *^ ' 

Board. twelve, or greater number shall have full power and authority to 

elect by ballot, and not otherwise, any number of persons or triis- 
Number of tees, at any, and upon an}' vacancy, so that the whole number of 
ed; also of trustees do not exceed forty-one, and that not above one-third of 
tiie Board. the said number, at any time, be of those ordained ministers of the 

gospel ;f and that at their fiist and every meeting, the Governour 

President of of our Colony for the time being, shall be President of the trustees, 
tbe Trustees 

and in his absence, the President of our Council, and in his absence, 

our Chief Justice, and in his absence our Attorney General, each for 
the time being ; J and in case of their absence, we will, and order 
that the trustees present, shall elect and choose one from among 
themselves, who shall be President of the trustees at that meeting ; 
which said President, hereinbefore appointed, or so chosen, is here- 
by authorised and empowered to be President of the trustees at 
the said meeting ; to regulate their proceedings, take in suffrages, 
and have, over and above his vote as a trustee, a casting vote, when 
the votes of the trustees are equal. 



*A uotice in the public papers of meetings to be held by the Trustees has 
not been required since November 30th, 1825. See Api)endix C, Section 2. 

fThe clause restricting the number of ministers in the Board of Trustees to 
one-third of the whole number was revoked June 5th, 1781. See Appendix 
A, Section 3. 

This act was confirmed May 31st, 1799. See Appendix B, Section 3. 

:j:The Presidency e.v-officio of the Board was restricted to the Governor of the 
State June 5th, 1781. See Appendix A, Section 3. This was confirmed May 
31st, 1799. See Appendix B, Section 3. 



queen's [rutgers] college charter. 



And we further of our special orace, certain knowledt^-e, and Title and func- 
^. - t, • J -n • I. jtioDs Of the 

mere motion, tor us, our heirs and successors, will, give, grant, and corporation. 

appoint, that the said trustees and their successors shall forever 
hereafter, be in deed, fact, and name, a body corporate and poli- 
tick, and that they the said body corporate and politick, shall be 
known and distinguished in all deeds, grants, bargains, sales, 
writings, evidences, moniments, or otherwise however, and in all 
courts for ever hereafter, shall and may sue, and be sued, plead 
and be empleaded, by the name of the 7Vustees of Queen's College erty. ^^°^' 
in NeiG- Jersey ; and that the said Corporation by the name afore- 
said, shall be able, and in law capable, for the use of the said Col- 
lege, to have, get, acquire, purchase, receive and possess, lands, 
tenements, hereditaments, jurisdictions and franchises, for them- 
selves and their successors, in fee simple or otherwise howsoever ; 
and to purchase, receive, or build any house, or houses, or any 
other buildings as they shall think needful and convenient, for the 
use of the said Queen's College and in such place or places in 
this our Colony of New-Jersey, as they the said trustees, or the 
major part of them, met as aforesaid, shall agree upon ; and also 

to, receive any ffoods and chattels, lands or tenements, for the use To receive 

'' ^ ^ rents, &c. 

aforesaid ; and also to have, accept and receive, any rents, profits, 

annuities, gifts, legacies, donations and bequests of any kind what- 
soever, for the use aforesaid : Nevertheless that the yearly clear income lim- 
value of the premises, do not exceed the sum of three thousand 
pounds sterling ;* and therewith or otherwise to support and pay 
(as the said trustees and their successors, or the major part of 
them which regularly convene for that purpose shall agree and 
see cause) the President, professors, tutors, and other officers or 
ministers of the said Queen's College, their respective annual sala- 
ries or allowances, and all such other necessary and contingent 
charges, as from time to time shall arise and accrue relating to the 
said Queens College. And also to grant, bargain, sell, let or i^°^|t^c^° ^'^' 
assign, lands, tenements, hereditaments, goods or chattels, and 
contract, or do all other things whatsoever by the name aforesaid, 
and for the use aforesaid, in as full and ample manner to all in- 
tents and purposes, as any natural person, or other body politick 

*Tliis sum was increased to |ilOO,000 by an amendment to the charter made 
March 24th, 1869. See Appendix D. 



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or corporation, is able to do by the laws of our Eealm of Great 
Britain, or of our said Province of New-Jersey. 
tels''1rbe'it' ^"^ ^*' °^^' ^^^^^^^^ 8'^'^^^' certain knowledge, and mere motion^ 
?ra°iSion"cS^^ ^^^^ intent that our said corporation and body politick, may 
business. answer tlie end of their erection and constitution, and may have 

perpetual succession, and continuance forever, We do for us, our 
heirs and successors, hereby will, give and grant, unto the said 
trustees of Queen's College, in New-Jersey, and to their successors 
forever, that when any twelve of the said trustees for the time be. 
ing, are convened and met together as aforesaid for the service of 
the said college, they shall be capable to act as fully and amply to 
, all intents and purposes, as if all the trustees of the said college 
were personally present; and all matters whatsoever, under the 
care of the trustees, shall be determined by the majority of those 
twelve, or any greater number so convened and met together, as 
fully and effectually as if the same had been concluded by the 
plurality of votes of the whole number of trustees, met and assem- 
mTy ?aff^a^l^^- ^^^ ^'^ ^^ hereby give and grant full power and authority 
special meet- ^^q ^ny five or more of the said trustees, to call meetings of the 
said trustees from time to time, and to order notice to be given 
to the said trustees, of the time and places of meetings for the ser- 
vice aforesaid, as hereinbef6re is directed. 

The President And also, we do hereby for us, our heirs and successors, will, 
to be a mem- , ^ ■> > i 

dYii^r t lie give and grant unto the Trustees of Queen's College, in New-Jer- 
ed cnurcii. sey, and their successors forever, that the said trustees, from time 
to time, and forever hereafter, do elect, nominate and appoint such 
a qualified person, being a member of the Dutch Eeformed Church 
aforesaid, as they or the major part of any twelve of them, con- 
To have tiie vened for that purpose, as above directed, shall think fit, to be the 
dents. President of the said college ; and to have the immediate care of 

the education and government of such students as shall be sent 
and admitted into the said college for education and instruction ; 
and shall and may, by and with the consent of the majority of the 
grees°° ^^ ^' said trustees as aforesaid, confer all such honorary degrees as 
usually are granted and conferred in any of our colleges in any of 
our colonies in America ;* and also, that the said trustees do elect, 

*A11 degrees may be conferred that are granted by any other College or 
"University according to an amendment made June 5th, 1781. See Appendix 
A, Section 4. Ke-enacted May 31st, 1799. See Appendix B, Section 4. 



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nominate and appoint a Professor in Divinity, who shall and may professor of di- 

read lectures in theology, iiistrnct the students in the science of di- pointed anci his 

vine truths and the knowledge of the holy scripture s, who also 

may be President of the college, or not, 'as the trustees shall see Professors and 
, -. . , T 1 1 T £ J.^ £ tutors to be ap- 

meet and convenient ; and also such a nutijber oi other proiessors pointed. 

and tutors, to assist the President of the. said college, in the edu-. 
cation and government of the students belonging to it, as the}' the 
said trustees, or their successors, or the major part of them, which 
shall convene for that purpose, as above directed, shall from time 
to time, and at any time heieaffer, ihink necessaiy for the ad\8n-, 
tage and well being of the said college. 

- Provided always, and it is hereby declared and expressly' 6^^- t?^te^c*ii'^^the 
joined, that there shall always be, residing at or near said college, ^"§"1^^^ ^^^' 
at least onf^ professor, or teacher well versed in the English lan- 
guage, elected, nominnted, maintained and supported by the said, 
corporation, from time to time, and at all times hereafter, gram-, 
matically to instruct the students of the said college in the know- 
ledge of the English language. Provided also, that all minutes of 
the meetings, and transactions of the trustees, and all rules, orders Minutes, ac- 
and regulations, relating to the government of the said college, be kept in" tiae 
and all accounts relating to the receipts, and payments of monej', guage. 
shall be in the English language, and no other. 

And we do herebv further sfive and grant to the said trustees, Power to elect 

^ ^ ^ and remove 

and their successors, or the major part of any twelve of them con- President, Pro- 

•^ / '^ . lessors, Tu- 

vened for that j)urpose, as above directed, full power and authority, tors, Treasur- 

at any time to displace and discharge from the service of the said 

Queen's College, such President, Professor of Divinity, professors 

and tutors, and to elect others in their room and stead ; and also 

that the said trustees, or their successors as above directed, do, 

from time to time as occasion shall require, elect, constitute, and 

appoint a treasurer, (which treasurer shall give security to the 

trustees for the faithful performance of his c ffice, for such srm and 

in such manner as the said trustees shall see fit to require,) a clerk,- 

and steward for the said college, and shall likewise appoint to them, 

and each of them, their respective business and trusts, and displace 

and discharge from the service of said college, such treasurer, 

clerk, or steward, and elect others in their room and stead ; which 

President, Professor of Divinity, tutors, professors, treasurer, clerk, 

and steward, so elected and appointed, We do for us, oui' heiis, 



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and successors, hj these presents, constitute and establish in their 
several offices, and do give them and every of them, full power and 
authority, to exercise the same in the said Queen's College, in Neio- 
Jersey, according to the direction, and during the pleasure of the 
said trustees, as fully and freely as any other the hke officers in 
any of our colleges in our realm of Great Britain, lawfully may or 
ought to do. 
Tue Board to ^^^ also, that the said trustees, and their successors in the 
manner above directed, as often as the place of any one or more of 
the said trustees shall become vacant by the death, removal or 
immoral conduct of any one of the members (which conduct shall 
be determined by the trustees, or the majority of them,) shall and 
may elect and appoint, in the manner before directed, such other 
trustee, or trustees, to supply the place of him or them so dying, 
or otherwise becoming unfit or incapable to serve the said college ; 
and every trustee so elected and appointed, shall by virtue of these 
presents, and of such election and appointment, be vested with all 
the powers and privileges which any of the other trustees of the 
said college are hereby invested with. 
Trustees au- And we do further of our special grace, certain knowledge, and 
make statutes mere motion, will, give and grant, and by these presents, for us, 
ment of the our heirs and successors, do give and grant unto the said Trustees 
of the said Queen's College, in New- Jersey, that they and their 
successors, convened for that purpose, as above directed, may 
make, and they are hereby fully empowered from time to time, 
freely and fully to make and estabhsh such ordinances, orders and 
laws as may tend to the good, wholesome government of the said 
college, and all the students, and the several officers and ministers 
thereof, and to the publick benefit of the same, not repugnant to 
the laws and statutes of our realm of Great Britain, or of this our 
province of New Jersey ; and such ordinances, orders and laws, 
which shall be so made as aforesaid, we do by these presents, for 
us, our heirs and successors, ratify, allow and confirm, as good and 
effectual to oblige and bind all the said students, and several offi- 
cers and ministers of the said Queen's College ; and we do herebj^ 
authorize and empower the said trustees of the said college, f nd 
the President, Professor of Divinity, professors and tutors, by them 
elected and appointed, to put such laws and ordinances in execu- 
tion, to all proper intents and purposes. 



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And we do further by these presents, for us, our heirs and sue- To have a com- 
cessors, oi our special grace, certain knowledge and mere motion, passing dip- 
give and grant, unto the said Trustees of Queeits College, in New- 
Jersey, and to their successors, that they shall have a common 
seal, under which they may pass diplomas and certificates of ad- 
vancement in literature, and the science of theology, as aforesaid ; 
and that the said trustees of said college, by deed or deeds of con- 
veyance, leases, or other legal instruments, duly executed, under power and 
the hands of seven of the trustees, at any publick meeting, convened ?^y\n?p°roper- 
as hereinbefore directed, and with the seal of the corporation^^* 
affixed thereto, may pass the estate of the said corporation, in lands 
or tenements, in fee, or for years, to any person or persons ; and 
the same deeds or leases shall pass the estate thereb}^ intended to 
be granted or leased, to all intents and purposes ; and to notify all 
the necessary affairs and business of and concerning the said cor- 
poration, or of and concerning the said Queen's College in New. 
Jersey, which common seal shall be engraved in such form, and 
with such inscription as shall be devised by the said Trustees of 
the said College, or the majorit}^ convened as above directed ; and 
shall have a book or books of entry, for the use of the trustees to 
be in such custody, with all other writings as they shall appoint. 

And we do f ui'ther for us. our heirs and successors, jjive and au inferior of- 

grant unto the said Trustees of Queens College, in Neio- Jersey, e^XiYXMeTYM^- 

* ' tees 

and their successors, or any twelve of them, as above said, full 

power and authority from time to time, to nominate and appoint 

all other inferior officers and ministers, which they shall judge 

necessary for the use of the College, not herein particularly named 

or mentioned ; which officers, or ministers, we do hereby empower 

to execute their offices or trusts, as fully and freely as any other 

the like officers and ministers in any of our Colleges, in our realm 

of Great Britain, lawfully may or ought to do. 

And lastly, our express w^ill and pleasure is, and we do by these 

presents, for us, our heirs and successors, give and grant unto the 

Trustees of Queen' s College, in New- Jersey, and their successors Tj^ig ^^larter to 

forever, that these, our letters patent, or the eni'olment thereof, ^^glJ^ai'"*?? 

shall be good and effectual in law to all intents and purposes, ^^^• 

against us, our heirs and successors, without any other license, 

grant or confirmation from us, our heirs, and successors, hereafter 

by the said Trustees to be had and obtained. Notwithstanding 



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the not reciting or misreciting, or not naming or misnaming of the 
aforesaid officers, franchises, privileges, immunities, or other tlie 
px'emises, or an}'- of them, and notwithstanding a writ of Ad Quod, 
Dammim hath not issued forth to enquire of the premises, or any 
of them before the' ensealing hereof, any statute,^ act, ordinance^ 
pix)Vision, or any other matter or thing, to the contrary, notwith- 
standing : To have, hold and enjoy, all and singular, the privi- 
leges, ad-vantages, liberties, immunities, and all other the premises 
herein or hereby gra^ted and given, or which are meant, men--, 
tioned, or intended to be herein and hereby granted, unto them,, 
the said TriLstees of the said Queen- s College, in New- Jersey, and. 
to their successors forever. 

In testimony whereof, w^e have caused these our letters, to be' 
made patent, and the great seal of our said province of New-Jer^. 
sey to be hereunto affixed: Witness, our trusty and well beloved,^ 
William Franklin, Esquire, Oovernour and Commander in Chief of ■ 
our said province of New- Jersey, this twentieth day of March, in 
the tenth year of our reign. Anno Domini, one tt^ousand - seven, 
hundred and seventy. 



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{Fro7)i Wilson's Laios of JSFeio Jt.rsey, Page 192.) 

AN ACT TO ALTER, AMEND AND CONFIRM THE CHAR- 
TER OF QUEEN'S COLLEGE IN NEW JERSEY. 

Passed June 5, 1781. 
Whereas, a charter was granted by William Feanklin, Esquire, 
late Governor of the then Province of New Jersey, for establishiilg 
a College, by the name of Queen's College, in the said Province, 
on the twentieth day of March, One Thousand Seven Hundred 
and Seventy ; which Charter has been laid before the Legislative 
Council and General Assembly of this State, accompanied by a peti- 
tion of the trustees of the said College, praying a number of alter- 
ations and amendments to said Charter, and a confirmation of the 
same ; and the Legislature being willing to grant the prayer con- 
tained in the said petition. 

Sect. 1. " Be it therefore enacted by the Council and General 
Assembly of this State, and it is hereby enacted by the authority 
of the same," that the Oaths of Abjuration and Allegiance set forth 
in the Act, entitled, " An Act fc)r the security of the Government 
of New Jersey," passed the Nineteenth day of September, One 
Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy Six, be substituted in the 
room and stead of those required by the said Charter: 

Sect. 2. And he it farthei' enacted hy the 2i\ii\i<iv\tY aforesaid 
that the notice for the meetings of the Trustees of said College be 
given in the " Gazette" or any publick paper in the State of New 
Jersey or New York, instead of New York only. 

Sect. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid 
that such part of the said Charter as restricts those ordained min- 
isters of the Gospel at any time elected Trustees, not to exceed 
one third of the whole, and also such part thereof as directs that 
the Governor of the Colony for the time being, and in his absence 
the President of the Council, and in his absence the Chief Justice, 
and in his absence the Attorney General, shall be President of the 



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Trustees, at their first and every meeting, be, and the same hereby { 

are made void ; and that the said privileges be now, and af all | 

times hereafter shall be vested in the Governor of the State for the J 

time being, when present at the said Board. ; 

Sect. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, j 

that the powers for granting Degrees, vested in the President of \ 

the said College, by and with the consent of the majority of the j 

said Trustees, established as a Quorum in the said Charter, be, | 

and they hereby are extended to the conferring of any Degrees ! 

granted by any other College or University. i 

Sect. 5. And be it further enacted hy the authority aforesaid? I 

that the said Charter, together with the before-mentioned altera- , 

tions and amendments be, and the same hereby is ratified and con- [ 
firmed to all intents and purposes. 



-A.p>p)ei:Lciix: B. 



AN ACT KELATIVE TO QUEEN'S COLLEGE, &c. 

Passed the Slst of May, 1799. 

I. Whereas William Franklin, Esquire, late Governour of the 
then province of New- Jersey", by his charter, bearing date the 
twentieth day of March, in the year of our Lord, one thousand 
seven hundred and seventy, did establish a College by the name of 
Queen's College, in the said province; and whereas the trustees of 
said College have, by their petition, prayed that the said charter, 
with certfiin alterations and amendments, may be confirmed: 
Therefore, J^e it enacted by the Council and General Assembly of 
this State, and it is Iierehy enacted by the authority of the same, 
That the oath to support the Constitution of the United States, 
and the oath of allegiance to this State, as by law prescribed, be 
substituted in the place of the oaths required by the said charter. 

II. And be it enacted. That the notice for the meetings of the 
trustees of the said college be given in any newspaper published 
in the State of New-Jerse}^ or of New- York, instead of New- York 
only. 



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III. And he it enacted, That such parts of the said charter as 
restrict those ordained ministers of the gospel, at any time elected 
trustees, not to exceed one third of the whole, and as direct that 
the Governour of the Colony for the time being, and in his absence 
the President of the Council, and in his absence the Chief Justice, 
and in his absence the Attorney General, shall be the President of 
the trustees, at their first and every meeting, be, and are hereby 
revoked and annulled ; and that the Governour of this State for the 
time being, sliall, when attending, be President of the said trustees 
at their meetings. 

IV. And be it enacted, That the powers of granting degrees, 
vested in the President of the said college, by and with the consent 
of the majority of the said trustees, established as a quorum in the 
said charter, be, and they hereb\ are extended to the conferring 
of any degrees granted by any other college or university. 

V. And be it enacted. That the said charter, with the before- 
mentioned alterations and amendments, be, and the same hereby 
is ratified and confirmed. 

VI. And be it enacted, That the act, entitled "An Act to alter, 
amend and confirm the charter of Queen's College, in New-Jersey," 
passed the fifth day of June, in the year of our Lord, one thousand 
seven hundred and eighty-one, be, and the same is hereby repealed. 



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A SUPPLEMENT TO AN ACT ENTITLED "AN ACT EEL- 
ATIVE TO QUEEN'S COLLEGE." 

Whkreas the Trustees of Queen's College, in New-Jersey, have 
represented to the Legislature, that certain amendments to their 
Charter v^'ould be conducive to their convenience; and moreover, 
requesting that the name, by which said institution is known, may 
be changed. Therefore, 

I. Be it enacted by the Council and General Assembly of this 
State, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That 
the Trustees of said college, be and they are, hereby authorized to 
hold their annual commencement for the institution, over which 
they preside, on such day and at such time as the}^ may think pro- 



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per to appoint for that purpose, anj'thing in their charter of incor- 
poration contained to the contrary notwithstanding. 

II. A?id be it enacted. That the said Trustees, be and they are 
hereby authorized to meet for the transaction of any business, 
either upon adjournment or otherwise, upon such day and at such 
time or times as they may appoint, without the necessity of adver- 
tising such meeting in any pubhc newspaper, as heretofore ; any 
provision m their charter of incorporation contained, or of any sup- 
plement, or amendment thereto, to the contrary notwithstanding. 

III. A7id be it enacted, That the name of " Queen's College," in 
their charter of incorporation contained, be, and the same hereby 
is changed to that of " Rutgers College," and that the said corpor- 
ation, shall from and after the passing of this act, be known and 
designated by the name and style of " The Trustees of Rutgers 
College in New Jersey." Provided nevertheless, that nothing in 
this act contained shall be construed to affect, or in anywise impair 
any contract, specialty, deed, mortgage, or other instrument of 
writing heretofore made, had, or given, to, by, or from, the said 
"Trustees of Queen's College in New-Jersey." 

C. Passed November 30th, 1825. 



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AN ACT TO ALIEND THE CHARTER OF RUTGERS COL- i 

LEGE IN NEW JERSEY. I 

Whereas it is represented on behalf of " the Trustees of Rutgers ' 

CoUege in New Jersey," that it is desirable and necessary for the 
pui-pose of better carrying out the benevolent and laudable designs I 

of the founders of the institution, and for promoting the liberal ' 

views of the State in regard to the advancement of agricultural 
science in all its various branches, that the value of the property 
which the said trustees are authorized to hold shall be increased: 

I. Be it enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the 
State of New Jersey, That it shall be lawful for the Trustees of 
Rutgers College in New Jersey, to have and to hold, and to accept 
and receive by gift, grant, purchase, devise or bestowment of any 
kind, now made or that may hereafter be made to them, or for 
their benefit, and to use and enjoy the same for the purposes of the 



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said Corporation, any real and personal estate, the clear, yearly in- 
come whereof shall not exceed one hundred thousand dollars ; 

Provided alioays^ that when any property or estate shall be given, 
granted or devised to them, or vested in them upon any spf cial 
trust, or for any special use or purpose not incompatible with the 
object and design of said Corporation, that such property or estate 
shall be held f nd appropriated by them in strict accordance with 
the trust, uses and limitations, in such grants or devi es respec- 
tively mentioned and declared 

II. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immediately. 

Approved March 24:th, 1869. 



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TRANSFER OF THE COLLEGE PROPERTY MADE BY 

THE GENERAL SYNOD TO THE TRUSTEES, JUNE, 1864. 

The following resolutions are unanimously recommended by the 
Committee for adoption by the S^^nod. They have been framed, 
after a full conference vsith the President of the College and the 
members of the Board of Trustees present, five in number, and the 
Committee are authorized to say that they are acceptable to them : 

1. Resolved, That the Board of Direction be, and they are here- 
by authorized and directed to convey the title to the ground and 
buildings at New Brunswick, known as " Rutgers College," to the 
Trustees of Rutgers College, for the sum of twelve thousand dol- 
lars, to be paid by the said Trustees as follows : one thousand dol- 
lars on the delivery of the deed of conveyance, and eleven thousand 
dollars May 1st, 1867, or when possession shall be given to said 
Trustees of the wings of the College building, now^ occupied as 
residences by the Theological Professors, if given before said date ; 
said payment of eleven thousand dollars to be meantime secui-ed by 
mortgage on said property bearing no interest until due. 

Provided, That the deed of conveyance shall reserve to the Synod 
the use of the said portions of the College building occupied as 
professorial residences, until May 1st, 1867, for such residences, if 
the Synod shall elect to, and use them until that date. 

And provided farther. That the deed of conveyance shall contain 
conditions, properly framed under competent legal advice, that the 
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f.)r the purpose of Collegiate education, and the usual an^ proper 
incidents thereto ; and that the President of the College, and three- 
fourths of the members of its Board of Trustees shall always be 
members in full communion of the Reformed Protestant Dutch 
Church of North America ; and that, on breach of either of these 
conditions, the deed of conveyance shall be void, and the title to 
the property revert to the Synod. 

2. Resolved, That the said sum of twelve thousand dollars, to be 
so paid by the Trustees of the College, be and the same is hereby 
set apart as a fund for the purpose of erecting, upon the grounds 
of the Hertzog Theological Hall, residences for the theological 
professors ; and, until such time as it may be deemed expedient to 
erect such residences, the Board of Direction are instructed to have 
said sum safely invested in such manner that it may be readily 
made available, when required, in defrajdng the expense of such 
erecticn. — Acts of the G-eneral Si/nod, Vol. X, Page 471. 

A full historical account of the relati(ms of the General Synod 
and the Trustees in regard to the College property is contained in 
the report preceding the ab(jve resolutions. 

RESOLUTIONS OF THE TRUSTEES. 
1. June 21, 1864. 
Resolved, That the Board accept ihe terms upon which the 
Synod agrees to retransfer to the College, the property, and that 
A/0. Zabriskie, Jacob R. Wortendyke and John A. Lott be a com- 
mittee to attend to the transfer ; and that they be authorized to 
draw upon the Treasurer for the amount of $1,000 as part of the 
consideration money ; and also to have drawn the requisite securi- 
ties for the payment of the balance of the purchase money. 

2. DECKMBhR 21, 1864. 

The committee on the transfer of the property from the General 
Synod having presented the B'»nd and Mortgage for execution, the 
folio ^^ing resolution was adopted : 

jResolred, That tlie Bond and Mortgage thus presented be legally 
executed by having the Corporate seal of this Board affixed thereto, 
and that said papers be signed by at least seven of the Trustees 
now present, in conformity with the charter, and that the Presi- 
dent sign such papers as President, and that the requisite U. S. 
revenue stamp be attached, and that the Secretar}^ attest the same. 

RUTGERS SCIENTIFIC SCHOOL. 

All the law^s relating to the establishment of this school, instruc- 
tion in it, &c., may be found in the reports of the Rutgers Scienti- 
fic School of the year 1886, and subsequent years. 



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